why is the state spending in thes of tax pay payer dollars o project? >> your taxpayer dollars are may be going by on a vermont train that hardly anybody uses. drew griffin takes a closer look at the new rail line and tries to figure out why so many train seats are empty. >> it was a $50 million federal grant, tax dollars bringing high speed rail to vermont, taking new yorkers up to the countryside, listen and watch as the trains and your tax dollars go by. it's not that vermont has done anything wrong with the money, in fact, they did a pretty good job, they came in on time, on budget. they even got the local freight company to kick in another $18 million to improve the rails here. but the real problem is hardly anybody is riding the rails in vermont. i could stand here almost all day long, not ever worry about getting hit by a train. you can jog on the tracks, go to lunch without looking. >> ever worry about getting hit by a train? >> no. >> it's now 3:00, still no train. 4:00. the sun would set before we would see our first train. >> 8:44 and here it